Look Who’s Joining the New York State Donate Life Registry

Click on a county below to see the percentage New Yorkers enrolled in the New York State Donate Life Registry as of September 30, 2017

Chemung

45.83%

...of all adults over age 18 have said YES to donation and joined the New York State Donate Life Registry.

Number of potential enrollees:68,177

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Donor Diary:

Ali Brown and Molly deRoos

After getting a liver transplant at age 11 Ali Brown wanted to know one thing from her mother Molly deRoos of Ithaca. “Is this what it feels like to not itch?”

Molly said that Ali, who had been born with a liver defect called Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis, itched from the day she was born until the day of her transplant. Itching is just one of the awful symptoms of liver disease that both children and adults suffer. But Ali was also severely jaundiced and the disease prevented her body from absorbing fat, so she failed to thrive and grow.

“Because of the itching, she never slept through the night until her transplant. Despite that, she was always a very happy girl. She’d get up every morning and go to school with a smile on her face,” says Molly.